Sharp Aquos Crystal Last Updated: Oct 13th,2014

The Sharp Aquos Crystal is the latest smartphone from the Japanese manufacturer, and is being made for use on Softbank in Japan and Sprint in the United States. Aquos Crystal features a 5-inch 720p edge-to-edge display, and Harman-Kardon audio.

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Sprint has just announced release details for the Sharp Aquos Crystal, a smartphone made in conjunction with Sharp and Sprint’s new Japanese owners Softbank. The device will first launch on Boost Mobile beginning today, October 10th, with Sprint getting it a week later.

The appeal of a device with no bezels is clear. As displays get bigger and bigger so do devices. If you could eliminate all the area around the display it would be much easier to hold. The Aquos Crystal is one of the closest devices we’ve seen to the bezel-less dream, despite having a big “chin” bezel. I’m still not sold on the idea.

Yesterday we learned of the Sharp Aquos Crystal, the latest smartphone by the Japanese company. It’s an edge-to-edge smartphone with a border so thin it almost doesn’t look real. But it is real, and it’s headed to Sprint here in the United States.